Alexander Grant (1725 - 1768)

Born 1725 in Scotland

Husband of Margaretha Hendrina (Bek) Buchan-Hepburn — married 1765 in de Caep de Goede Hoop

Died 1768 at about age 43 in India

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Biography

This profile is part of the Grant Name Study.

Alexander Grant is a member of Clan Grant.

"Margarita must have had a fancy for Scotts for she would eventually marry three, two soldiers and lastly a baron, outliving all of them. The first had fled Scotland after the Battle of Culloden in 1746, arriving in South Africa where he eventually became an officer in the British Army. Major Alexander Grant of Sheuglie (1725-1768) probably met Margarita while she was either living or traveling with her father. They were married in 1765 at Cape Good Hope, South Africa. It was a short marriage as Major Grant died three years later while serving in India. He was 42. "^[1]

Name

Name: Alexander /GRANT/

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Marriage

Husband: Alexander Grant

Wife: Margaretta Henrietta Beck

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1765

Place: The Cape

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Notes

Note N2287

Listed as 1 of 14 sons of Alexander Grant of Shewglie in the county of Inverness by:

companion and frind of Lord Clive - to whom he was second in commend at the decisive victory of Plassey in 1757

Major Alexander Grant of Shewglie

Major Alexander Grant of Shewglie, who had fled Scotland after the defeat of Prince Charles Edward Stuart?s forces at Culloden in 1746 and wound up as an officer with the British forces in India. Grant was among the group in Calcutta in 1756 who escaped by boat with the Governor, leaving the civilians to suffer the horrors of the Black Hole. He was pardoned for his act partly because of a pamphlet he published blaming the Governor, and partly for being one of the officers who persuaded Clive to attack at Plassey, which ensured Britain?s dominance in India. Alexander Grant died during a trip to India in 1768, at the age of 43, and left the fortune he had acquired as an East India merchant in London to his ?beloved wife Margaretta Henrietta Grant?, as sole executrix. His only other bequest was to cancel a £200 debt owed by his brother, Patrick Grant of Lochletter.

http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/gallantry_love.htm

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Sources

1. ↑ General Simon Fraser: England Lost an Army & Their Best Wilderness Warrior at Saratoga[1]

Source S353

Type: Web Site

Title: Electric Scotland

URL: http://www.electricscotland.com

Date: 9-13-2009

Author: Marie Fraser of Canada

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Jim Walker gedcom 4 Wikitree may 22 2011.ged on 24 May 2011.